Sunday morning I had arrived an hour early for scouts and had nothing to do, so I decided to walk to Starbucks. There, as I was waiting for my chai tea latte, the New York Times newspaper caught my eye. I knew I had to pay a dollar for it, but I gathered all my courage, and aloofly walked out of the coffee shop with an overpriced drink in my hand and a "free" newspaper under my arm. In it, I came across a very intersting article named "Rescuing the Birds Many Hate" by Alex Vadukul. This article explained how there is a group of activists in New York that call themselves the "New York City Pigeon Rescue Central", whose main interests are saving the injured birds that seem to be ignored and maligned by those around them. In the article, a story is told about one of the main members of this group, Jennifer Dudley, a forty-four year old woman, who "saved" two birds she encountered who she named Skipper and Lulu, who eventually ended up dying. A fellow member's words of wisdom on the situation were, "At least he's safe now, that's what matters."
My response to this article is what were the editors of the New York Times thinking when publshing this ariticle? I could think of at least fifty other subjects that would make use of the half page article that this one wasted. God created animals. God created humans. God meant for everything to eventually die. Accept this fact. What good is it serving to the world to take a pigeon to a hospital to be examined and cured? As far as I know, that pigeon is not going to be very beneficial to the rest of society, nor is it going to make a difference in the balance of the universe. Time, money, effort, and man-power should not be wasted on those things that will be of no benefit to us or anything else that surrounds us. Even after the treatment, the bird dies. I understand that these actions are put into affect because of good intentions, however, saving a few pigeons every year will not change the world in any significant way, especially in a city like New York.
This was a great post Tamar. I know how you feel. The sad truth is that animal rights activists are really that dumb. Loving animals is acceptable but the level at which this group was at is juat crazy. I, for one, love most animals. But I would never take it as far as this.
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